Micky Adams stepped up his no nonsense management regime at the weekend by ordering his Coventry City players in for Sunday training.

The Sky Blues' boss dragged the whole squad in, including reserve team players who had not featured in Saturday's 2-0 home defeat by Burnley, for some hard running at the club's Ryton training ground as punishment for such a bad performance.

"I bring players in for Sunday training when I am really annoyed," explained the disciplinarian boss.

"The players all like to enjoy their Sundays but it is important that the fans enjoy their Sundays too, and they have not been able to do that very often. So I will continue to work them hard and there will be no respite for them."

Asked whether he believes he is getting a positive response to his hard line approach, which is in stark contrast to Peter Reid's style of management, he said: "Peter left the club because of results and the way the players were performing. However Peter did the job it didn't suit the players and, at the moment, one would have to ask whether they are enjoying it under my regime.

"But if I feel the club and the players are sloppy I have got to tell them and if I am not getting the standards that I require then I am not a very happy manager.

"I make no apologies for that and I don't care if the players like it or not." But it is not all bad, as he said: "They are certainly not letting me down on the training ground and the first half performance on Saturday was as good as I have seen.